Now, you can apply at the biggest international competition for XR Creators, NewImages Festival. You can register your project till January 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, GMT). XR Competition & Out-of-competition: find all the information on the 2024 calls for projects below! NewImages XR Market calls for projects will open during September 2023, stay tuned!
You can participate for the 7th edition of NewImages Festival (24-28 April 2024), by registering your digital, immersive and/or innovative artworks in one of our calls for projects:
XR COMPETITION
Since 2020, the XR Competition (official competition) has been open to all XR contents, in order to always be at the forefront of immersive creation. Open to any narrative and immersive work (video games, digital creation, augmented or virtual reality, binaural sound, hybrid performance etc.) Selected works will be exhibited at the Forum des images and/or in other venues of the festival, as well as on the virtual platform, if applicable.
Selected works will be judged by an international jury. Three prizes will be awarded, with endowments from €3,000 to €6,000.
Please see: Regulations and technical specifications
Submit
Registrations close on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, GMT). Deposit: €48 incl. VAT
XR OUT-OF -COMPETITION PROGRAM
This year’s theme will be “Heritage”, may it be natural, historical, material, immaterial… Call is open to all artworks and projects dealing with heritage subjects that include
an immersive device or technology (VR, AR, MR, VR games, sound or binaural sound projects, VR immersive theatre, digital installations, etc.). Between 10 and 20 artworks will be selected and exhibited as part of the 7th edition of NewImages Festival from April 24th to 28th, 2024 at the Forum des images and/or in other Parisian venues of the festival, as well as on the festival’s virtual platform.
Please see: Regulations and technical specifications
Submit
Registrations close on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, GMT). Deposit: €48 incl. VAT
XR Art Fair
The XR Art Fair program is open to any completed immersive experience (film, game, performance, installation etc.), already distributed and designed for physical distribution
Open to all finalized project: immersive and original (film, game, performance, installation); already distributed once; designed for physical distribution
Pre-organized meetings with Decision Makers on site from April 24 to 26, 2024
Terms and conditions available soon
Registrations close on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 (11:59pm, GMT). Deposit: €48 incl. VAT
XR Development Market
Open to any digital and/or immersive creation project, regardless of its stage of development and the amount of funding already acquired.
Since 2019, the XR Development Market has been the leading market in Europe for the funding and the co- production of immersive contents (film and narrative experience, modern or live performance, game, etc.). The XR Development Market has been designed to support the development of the immersive arts industry by organizing individual business meetings (in person or online) between project holders and leading actors looking for projects to produce or distribute (co-producers, representatives of private or public funds, museums, online distributors, LBE or industry key players, etc.).
The XR Development Market is open to any work:
○ immersive and original (film, game, performance, installation)
○ in development
○ no minimum funding required
Pre-organized meetings with Decision Makers on site from April 24 to 26, 2024
Terms and conditions available soon
Registrations close on Tuesday, January 30th, 2023 (11:59pm, GMT). Deposit: €48 incl. VAT
The 7th edition of the NewImages Festival will take place in Paris from April 24 to 26, 2024
Some useful tips for applicants:
*All entries can be made in English or in French (depending of the link used)
*There is no time limit for completing the forms.
*Your information is automatically saved locally (same computer, same browser, no private browsing)
*If you can’t find the answer to your question, please contact the organisers: newimages@forumdesimages.fr
SAVE THE DATE!
September 1st, 2023 – January 30th, 2024: opening of XR Competition and Out-of-Competition calls for projects
End of September – January 30th, 2024: XR Market calls for projects open.
During November 2023: Early Bird accreditation opens
January 30th, 2024: close of all NewImages Festival 2024 calls for projects
Early March 2024: notifications for the participants of calls for projects
March 15th, 2024: Early Bird accreditation closes
End of March 2024: program announced
April 24th, 2024 – April 28th, 2024: 7th edition of NewImages Festival
About NewImages Festival
Dedicated to digital creation and to virtual worlds, NewImages Festival combines a rich professional component with a program open to all audiences. With prizes at stake, its international XR competition is submitted to a jury of creators and professionals. Its XR Financing Market brings together leading actors in the XR industry around a selection of projects open to all immersive formats. The festival also supports immersive creator and its industry by initiating collaborations, under the form of VR creation residencies, with other countries and regions of the world, such as Taiwan (Kaohsiung Film festival and TAICCA) and Africa.
NewImages Festival is produced and organized by the Forum des images, the cultural institution of the
City of Paris, dedicated to cinema and digital creation.
Website: https://newimagesfestival.com/en/
Source of information
Forum des images – phone: +33 (0)1 44 76 63 00
newimagesfestival.com and forumdesimages.fr